finicky

英 [ˈfɪnɪki]

美 [ˈfɪnɪki]

adj.  (对衣食等)过分讲究的，过分挑剔的; 需认真仔细对待的; 需要注意细节的

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BNC.34089 / COCA.21048

牛津词典

adj.

• （对衣食等）过分讲究的，过分挑剔的
  too worried about what you eat, wear, etc.; disliking many things
  1. a finicky eater
     过分挑食者
• 需认真仔细对待的；需要注意细节的
  needing great care and attention to detail
  1. It's a very finicky job.
     这是个很细致的工作。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 过分挑剔的;过于讲究的;难讨好的
  If you say that someone isfinicky, you mean that they are worried about small details and are difficult to please.
  1. Even the most finicky eater will find something appetizing here.
     即使是最挑剔的食客在这里也会找到让人胃口大开的美食。

英英释义

adj

• exacting especially about details
  1. a finicky eater
  2. fussy about clothes
  3. very particular about how her food was prepared
  Synonym:finicalfussyparticularpicky

双语例句

• A couple of negative aspects could make you a little finicky "for the next few days."
  一些负面的事情，会让你在接下来的几天里，变得有些刻薄
• Mono also has a lot of stretch, which can be put to your advantage if the fish are being finicky and not slamming the lure when they bite.
  同时尼龙相对较大的延展性，在鱼非常滑口的时候则变成了优点。
• They are sometimes finicky; a smudge of dirt or a speck of dust can cause bogus readings and change the calculated results.
  这类装置有时是相当敏感的，上面稍稍有些污点或灰尘就会引起读数的变化，从而改变计算的结果。
• The English language is a finicky one but its also ever changing.
  英语是一门讲究的语言，并且一直在演变。
• Having reached their30s or40s, when they can no longer do mind-numbing, fast-paced and finicky work on production lines, they will often go back to the countryside.
  当他们30多岁或40岁之后，他们无法再从事那种在生产流水线上麻痹头脑、快节奏及挑剔繁琐的工作，他们往往会返回农村。
• Thanks to a mormon-dominated city council, drinking laws are finicky.
  由于摩门教徒主导市议会，酒精饮料法案非常严苛。
• Dress very carefully and in a finicky manner.
  非常小心并且过分地打扮。
• A finicky eater, dresser, etc.
  对吃、穿等过分挑剔的人。
• The long lists of food allergies some people claim to have can make it seem as if they're just finicky eaters trying to rationalize likes and dislikes.
  有人说自己对很多食物过敏，就好像他们特别挑剔，给自己喜欢和不喜欢吃的食物找借口。
• Finicky miniature cameras and tape recorders have given way to pinhead-sized gadgets, powered remotely ( a big problem in the old days used to be changing the batteries on bugs).
  精巧的迷你摄像机和磁带机被针头大小可以远程充电的小玩意儿取代（过去给窃听器更换电池是一大难题）。